Buttonhook



N. F` FORZLY.

Y BUTTON H ooK. I APPLICATION FAILED MAY 15,' 1922.

13125;? 60, JPmnteayxug:15, 1922.

'zaclef To all whom t may concern:

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BUTToNHooK.

v Application filed May 15,

Asuch as are used in buttoning gloves, shoes,

or other articles of wearing apparel, and it has for an object to provide a simple, efficient anch cheap device which permits of morev easy buttoning of the glove or other article, ensuring against slipping and eliminating the double motion necessitated by the use of the ordinary button hook. l

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the follow ing description and accompanying draw-A ings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features ofthe invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a detail perspective view of my improved button-hook.'

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modified form.

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section.

Fig. 4 is an end view.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the i manner of use of my improved button-hook.

'As here embodied my improved button,-` hook comprises a tapering shank 10 of channeled cross section and which may be formed of sheet metal suitably pressed to shape, and having a fiat handleJ element 11 into which the smaller end merges. v

The larger end of the shank is of approximately semi-circular cross section, but with the sides thereof sligthly extended tangentially to deepen the channel, this end being of sufficient diameter to engage over the button to befastened.' 'Formed on the said larger end of the shank, are la number of prongs or lugs of which' there is a pair of side ones 12, and an intermediate one 18,

and which are adapted to engage under the button. The prongs 12 are spaced apart at their inner ends a sufficient distance to allow the fastening threads of the button to pass therebetween, and are of less depth, vertically of the channel, than the latter, being Specification of Letters Patent. `j pweygfigd Aug. 15,

1922. seria1No.561,124. f

flushon their upper edges with the ysides of the channel.

Infthe. modiicationshown in Figs. 2 to e I show the shank 10 as having a pair of iixedprongs 12` and a central adjustable prong v18'. As here shown a flat barl 15 -is mounted in thechanneled shank 10 and is formed with a longitudinal slot 16 through which project a pair of headed studs 17 fixed inthe shank 10, these studs engaging the bar 15 with suflcient frictional force to hold it in adjusted positions. Upon the forward end of the bar 15 is a laterally projected prong 18 which is turned inwardly lacross the channeled shankand evenly spaced bef tween the 1two prongs 12. The bar 15 may be provided on itsl rear end with a lug 19 for convenience in grasping. When a glove is to be buttoned the bar 15 is pushed forward until the rear stud 17 strikes the rear end of slot 16, in which position the prong 18 lies in a common plane with the prongs 12', and engages between the different reaches of the thread which secures the button in place. this being the position shown in Fig. 3. vWhen a shoe is to-bebuttonedthe bar is pulled backward t0 the position vshown in Figs.- 1 and 2.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated the manner of use ofmy improved device in buttoning a shoe, it being understood that it is applied in a similar manner in buttoning a glove. In applying the hook,.the same is inserted, small endy first,y through the button hole in an outward direction and the pronged end engaged with the button. The shank 10 is then swung in a direction to draw thebutton and button hole into registry, the edges of the button hole finally slipping over the end of the shank, and `consequently over the button, which is'thus buttoned by a single swinging movement 4of the shank in a single Plane. 7

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows: j

1. A button-hook comprising a channeled shank' having three transversely spaced inturned prongs at the end thereof, the center one of' said prongs being removable from other two.

and

2. A button-hookcomprising a shank of channeled cross section at one end and tapering to a flat cross section at its other end, apair of xed inturned prongs at opposite sides of the large end of the shank, and a third removable prong arranged between the other prongs.

3. A button-hook comprising a shank of channeled cross section at one end and tapering toa iat cross section at its other end, a pair of fixed inturned prongs at opposite sides of the large end of the shank, and a third reinovablefprong arranged between the other prongs, said last prong being slidable longitudinally of the shank.

4f. A button-hook comprising a channeled shank having at opposite sides of one end a pair of fixed inturned prongs, a bar slidable on said shank, a third prong carried by said bar, and means limiting sliding movement of said bar in a forward direction when the third prong lines in a common plane with the said `pair of prongs.

5. A button-hook comprising a shank of channeled cross section at one end and tapering' to a flat cross section atits other end, a pair of fixed inturned prongs atopposite sides of the large end of the shank.; a longi tudinailyslotted bar in said shank, a pair of headed studs fixed in said shank and passing through the slot in said bar and frictionally engaging the latter, and a third prong on the forward end of said bar.

In testimony whereof l have affixed my signature.

' NACLE F. FORZLY. 

